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30 December 2011
As commuters brace themselves for steep rail fares rises next week, Campaign for Better Transport has discovered some UK commuters are paying three and a half times more for their season ticket than their European neighbours.

21 December 2011
Commenting on the publication of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DGLC) Select Committee report on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) today (21 December), Campaign for Better Transport’s planning and traffic campaigner Richard Bourn said:

20 December 2011
Commuters in West Yorkshire are facing higher rail fare hikes in January than the rest of the country Campaign for Better Transport has learned.

20 December 2011
Responding to the publication of the Competition Commission’s final report into the local bus industry, Campaign for Better Transport’s campaigns director Richard Hebditch said:

20 December 2011
Responding to the announcement by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) today, Campaign for Better Transport’s public transport campaigner Sophie Allain said:

14 December 2011
Responding to the announcement today of the go ahead for the Norwich Northern Distributor Road, Sian Berry, Campaign for Better Transport’s sustainable transport campaigner, said:

14 December 2011
Campaign for Better Transport is warning that the Government is taking a step backwards by giving the go ahead for 18 road projects, including 11 new bypasses and link roads, while putting two major public transport improvements on hold.

14 December 2011
Responding to the announcement today that a decision on central Government funding for the Bexhill Hastings Link Road will be delayed until 2012 to give East Sussex County Council time to consider alternative options, Rebecca Lush Blum, Campaign for Better Transport’s roads campaigner, said:

13 December 2011
Campaign for Better Transport has produced a new guide to Reducing the Need to Travel, which aims to give campaign groups the information and resources they need to influence local planning and transport decisions, policies and programmes in England.

9 December 2011
Responding to the Government’s announcement of a £60m package of measures to support buses and community transport, Campaign for Better Transport’s public transport campaigner Sophie Allain said:

2 December 2011
Figures obtained by Campaign for Better Transport show council spending cuts have led to almost three quarters (72 per cent) of local education authorities making cuts to school transport.